10 Movies About Rap to Watch in Honor of Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary

In the 2002 rom-com "Brown Sugar," longtime friends Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) and Dre (Taye Diggs) have both found success in the music industry, albeit on different sides: Sidney as editor-in-chief of hip-hop magazine XXL, and Dre as an A&R for Millennium Records. When Dre meets a woman to settle down with, the limits of his and Sidney's friendship are tested. Meanwhile, his discovery of a talented young rapper (played by Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def) has him create his own label — with Sidney's support, which eventually turns into a beautiful romance.